Political Volatility in the United States
Regular price
€40.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Baodong Liu
Author_Baodong Liu
Category=JPHC
Category=JPHF
Category=JPL
Category=JPWC
Category=NHK
Category=QRAM2
eq_bestseller
eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
identity politics
immigration policy
political polarization
political volatility
racial relations
religion and politics
two party system
WASP decline
Product details
- ISBN 9781793651303
- Weight: 390g
- Dimensions: 154 x 230mm
- Publication Date: 22 Aug 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
The unexpected shift from the election of Barack Obama and the post-racial hope to the racial confrontations in the Trump era begs the question: Why did such a big volatile swing happen in such a short period of time? Uncertainty reigns in volatile political times. This book aims to provide a systemic model for understanding how political volatility throughout the U.S. history has had its root in two competing racial and religious groupings. Moreover, the groupings grounded in white supremacy and egalitarianism have collided, contested, and facilitated the configuration and reconfiguration of the atomic political structure. As demonstrated in this book, the antagonism between the two competing identity groupings led to a history of political volatility in the United States. Contrary to the endless “political deadlocks” suggested by the scholars of American political development, this book explains how and why the two orders persist, reach peaks of volatility, and why one temporarily achieves prominence over the other. Going beyond the simplistic view of racial and religious hierarchy, this book provides an account rooted in structural tensions, strategic imperatives, opportunities, and threats on collective actions.
Baodong Liu is professor of Political Science and Ethnic Studies at the University of Utah
